[TYPO3-mvc] Mootools Datepicker

[Thomas Allmer]

hey Zalán Somogyváry,

I would suggest a completely different approach using MooTools Behavior 
You don't need any viewhelper for this.

Basically you need to install a bunch of extension which only provide 
the needed js files for MooTools Core, More, Behavior...

it would be
mootools_core (Core js Files)
mootools_more (More js Files
mootools_behavior (Behavior js Files)
mootools_packager (resolves dependency; includes only needed js files)
mootools_stack (my MooTools manifest, which already has the mentioned 
datepicker properly included + basic behavior for it)

once that done you just need to write something like this in your 
HTML... be it fluid, ts, html, text...

<input type="text" data-behavior="DatePicker" 
data-datepicker-options="{pickerClass: 'datepicker_vista'}" />

or

<input type="text" data-behavior="DatePickerGerman" 
data-datepickergerman-options="{pickerClass: 'datepicker_dashboard'}" />

and for the pages you just need to define the following setup-ts:
# use the mootools_packager
<INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT: source="FILE: EXT:mootools_packager/static/setup.txt">
# define the needed files
plugin.tx_mootoolspackager_pi1.files := 
addToList(Stack/Behavior.DatePicker, Stack/Behavior.DatePickerGerman)
	
# all available styles remove if needed
page.includeCSS.DatePickerBasic = 
EXT:mootools_stack/res/Settings/Form/DatePicker/Basic/DatePicker.Setting.Basic.css
page.includeCSS.DatePickerDashboard = 
EXT:mootools_stack/res/Settings/Form/DatePicker/Dashboard/DatePicker.Setting.Dashboard.css
page.includeCSS.DatePickerJqui = 
EXT:mootools_stack/res/Settings/Form/DatePicker/Jqui/DatePicker.Setting.Jqui.css
page.includeCSS.DatePickerVista = 
EXT:mootools_stack/res/Settings/Form/DatePicker/Vista/DatePicker.Setting.Vista.css 


here is a full example
http://pastie.org/2097853

some more info about behavior
http://www.clientcide.com/code-releases/clientcide-3-0-behavior-1-0-mootools-development-and-so-much-more/

conclusion:
I think view helpers are awesome but you don't always need one :p
You probably should consider using HTML5 as data-* properties of 
elements only "validate" there.

cheers

PS: I just updates some of the extensions listed above, so make sure you 
have mootools_stack 0.0.4 and mootools_packager 0.0.5

On 19.06.2011 17:28, Zalán Somogyváry wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I've googled some time now, but I did not find the right answer for me.
> I'm trying to write a extbase/Fluid DateViewHelper, which includes the Mootools-Datepicker [1]
> (that's the most flexible I've seen until now.)
> Is there a possiblity to make this Datepicker work in the backend and in the frontend. I've already tried the with the pageRenderer [2] for the backend but this does not work for me.
> (I'm using Typo3 4.5 LTS)
> Is there a simple way to include JSFiles for both, the back- and frontend? This would be a cool feature for future releases.
>
> Best regards,
> Zalán Somogyváry
>
> [1] http://www.monkeyphysics.com/mootools/script/2/datepicker[2] http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-german/2010-August/070809.html
>


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